Limited to a certain number of people? (optional): 20–24 (depending on how groups work out)

Restricted to people who all live in the same country? NO

Additional Age requirement? None

Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES - Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES - Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES - Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: YES - Is at least 18 years old: YES

Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:- Has been a member for at least one month: YES - Has posted at least 15 times: YES - Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: YES - Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: YES - Does not have any negative feedback: YES - Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 16 years old: YES - If yes, understands that Delivery Confirmation number is required for this swap: YES - If no, understands that a mailing receipt copy is required for this swap: YES

Details of swap:In this swap everyone will pick a favorite story, poem, myth, etc that they would like to have illustrated. The stories will be broken into sections and shared with your group. Each person in the group will craft one part from everyone’s story and will receive a different part of their story from each person. So everyone will end with an illustrated/decorated story with each page done by a different crafter.

Swap Rules:~ Send your story to organizer on time (by end of signups) for approval~ If your story is not approved you must be ready to pick another one quickly. If it is too long you can decide to only have part of it crafted (saving the rest for yourself or a future round of this swap)~ Keep stories and art PG13, NO exceptions.~ For each page you craft you must include the text of your section (this can be done creatively or not, but should look nice)~ This is a craft swap, be creative! Put effort into your work; think about what you would like to receive. If it takes only five minutes to craft you might want to re-think it. ~ Do not alter the text of any section you are crafting unless you have approval from your partner (and let organizer know)-Include your artist information on a small card (think ATC size) for each page you create- PM your partner and organizer when you send and receive. You must get a DC# for this swap, if you can’t get one due to size/weight then you must keep your receipt as proof of sending. - You will get feedback for this swap when all your pages have been sent & received, and when you post pictures of all the pages you receive in the gallery.

When it’s time to post pictures in the gallery please post your received story pages in chronological order so everyone can read it!

Page setup options, use this to describe how you want your pages to be and refer to this when you are crafting your partner(s) pages (you will only be decorating one side of the paper):Traditional page – Longest sides of paper are the sides of the page, shortest sides are the top and bottom of the pageSideways page – Longest sides of paper are the top and bottom of the page, shortest sides are the sides of the pageFolded page - Fold paper in half, fold will be between the short sides of the paper (this creates two “pages” on one side) Binding strip – The amount of room on any given side that needs to be left blank for binding

If you want to participate, information to send to organizer:

QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:Name of swap: Illustrate My Favorite StoryCraftster username: Email address: Your real name: Mailing address including the country: Would you be willing to ship to an address outside your own country?Confirm that are at least 16 years old or, if not, that you have moderator approval(YES/NO)

OTHER SWAP SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:Confirm you have read and understand the rules of this swap: (YES/NO)What is the title of your story?What genre is your story (fantasy, sci-fi, historical…)?What subject(s) and theme(s) does your story contain?What are some of your favorite colors, styles, and themes?What size paper do you want your story pages to be (8 ½” x 11” or less)?

What genre(s) would you most like to work on?Any genres you do not want to work on?Any topics you do not want to work on?Anything else you want to share with your partners?Do you have any allergies/allergens in your home?Will you be able to post pictures of the pages you receive (if not, you must communicate with your partner(s) and ask them to take pictures for you)?

How many partners do you want? (First time swappers can have 1, other swappers can have 1 or 3, and FOC can have 1, 3, or 5):If your story breaks into too many sections would you like to pick an other one or use as many sections as you can (potentially saving the rest for another round)?

Include your story here (or send to organizer by end of sign ups), if you have any idea for section breaks please include those as well:

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR INFO TO ORGANIZER VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE AND NOT TO REPLY WITH IT HERE.

Also, remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find other rules about participating in a swap.

AFTER PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND BEEN APPROVED, LIST THE PARTICIPANTS HERE AND WHO IS SENDING TO WHOM:

Hi! This sounds like a great swap. I will keep it in mind. Have a quick question- the size of the basic page that you're refering to- is it an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet? And then you can decide which way to turn and or fold it? I'd love to have 12 x 12 pages if that's an option. I think I'd adore having a group of people illustrate Peter Pan for me to use in my kid's room! I'll def. have to keep this in mind. Is this the first swap like this? Thanks for organizing!

I am seriously wishing that I had the time to do this swap. I have so much going on between now and the send out date that I'm limiting myself to "easy" swaps. I don't think I could do this one justice if I joined. But I LOVE the concept! I hope there's another round that I can join maybe over the summer. I can't wait to see what everyone does!

Really glad to have people sign up so quickly I hope some more of you thinking about it will come and join us If you're hesitant you can always sign up for just one partner and make this a super easy, low pressure, low shipping cost swap

Ooo, just had a thought, goatgoddess - "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" as the basic story, with all the characters portrayed by goats...the dwarves being pygmy goats! They don't go to the mines to work, they go out to graze. teeheeheeActually just about any story would be improved if the characters were portrayed by goats...that's just my opinion.

I'm rather excited about this swap. I'm going to find some links to compilations of stories and post them to jog folks' memories. Meanwhile, for inspiration or just happy eye candy, check out this awesome package from the Altered Fairy Tales Swap, with an altered book telling the story of Cinderella mixed with Dia de los Muertos: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=333292.msg3864451#msg3864451